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OverviewWhy has Europe's centre-left failed to respond to the crisis of neoliberalism in Europe? Rather than opening up a moment in political time for the centre-left to puncture the dominance of neoliberalism, the multitude of crises in Europe since 2008 have consolidated its difficulties and contributed to the rise of radical and populist alternatives. Divided They Fell examines the failures of mainstream politics, and in particular the inability of the centre-left to respond to the global financial crisis more effectively. By exploring the cases of the UK Labour Party and France's Parti Socialiste, the book investigates the role of, and interplay between, institutional intra-party dynamics, the parties' ideational landscapes and the wider political economy in shaping their responses to the crisis. Important reputational, ideational and strategic path dependencies in both parties, it is shown, constrained the flow of fresh ideas and entrenched their internal organizational divisions, leaving them unable to offer an effective post-neoliberal economic alternative. Ultimately, this fractured the parties and sparked a crisis of centre-left identity that opened the door to emergent alternative parties and movements in both cases. Divided They Fell helps to diagnose what has gone wrong for the centre-left in Europe and forces us to consider whether such parties are, in the context of new and emerging crises, still fit for purpose. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Sean McDaniel (Manchester Metropolitan University)Publisher: Agenda Publishing Imprint: Agenda Publishing ISBN: 9781788216050ISBN 10: 1788216059 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 23 February 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Neoliberal convergence and the politics of austerity: is there still space for the centre-left? 2. Struggling to win: centre-left electoral decline and the strategic dilemma of the Third Way 3. Developing a strategy: the internal dynamics of the centre-left’s response to the crisis of neoliberalism 4. Delivering the strategy: how the centre-left sought to communicate a response to the crisis of neoliberalism 5. Stagnation, failure and fragmentation: the rise of the radical left 6. Post-pandemic politics: how are the centre-left rebuilding? Conclusion Appendix: list of interviewees and interview locationReviewsA truly fabulous book on a supremely important topic. It is both prescient and timely, on the one hand, and yet timeless and long-lasting in its implications, on the other. Required reading for all those who have turned intuitively to the centre-left for their political inspiration and been so sadly disappointed - and for all those struggling to make sense of that disappointment and the failure it represents. -- Colin Hay, Sciences Po, Paris Why austerity was embraced by centre-left parties in European countries that were not constrained by a bail-out has remained surprisingly under-researched. McDaniel documents how the conversion to neoliberal tenets led the Labour Party and the PS to waste a good crisis and accelerate their own electoral decline. With this book, McDaniel offers a crucial update in a longstanding research tradition, namely the study of ideological and programmatic dynamics within political parties. -- Amandine Crespy, Universite libre de Bruxelles A truly fabulous book on a supremely important topic. It is both prescient and timely, on the one hand, and yet timeless and long-lasting in its implications, on the other. Required reading for all those who have turned intuitively to the centre-left for their political inspiration and been so sadly disappointed - and for all those struggling to make sense of that disappointment and the failure it represents. -- Colin Hay, Sciences Po, Paris Author InformationSean McDaniel is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the Future Economies Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. He completed his PhD at the University of Warwick in 2019 and has been a visiting research fellow at the Centre d'études europénnes, Sciences Po, Paris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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